This tribute has been compiled from primary and secondary sources as well as personal records and also from experience recalled some time after the events occurred. Some of the chapters have been vetted by the First Sea Lords of the day, and the Association is very grateful to them for that assistance.
Frustratingly, even primary sources have at times proved contradictory and in such cases lack of time has forced us to resort to the time-honoured method of ‘best guess’. There will inevitably be those who dispute some detail or other as well as those disappointed that we have failed to include their details; we can only apologise in advance, pointing out that we have attempted to act in good faith throughout the production of this book.
The Association is extremely grateful to all the many people who have helped in their different ways to ensure the accuracy and coverage of the last fifty years of the Royal Navy.
Admiralty Archives |
Kate Tildesley |
Admiralty Library |
Jenny Wraith |
Admiralty Manuals of Seamanship (vols I–III) |
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
Brassey’s Annual |
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British Maritime Doctrine (BR 1806) |
Royal Navy |
Broadsheet (1976–2007) |
Royal Navy |
Board Bulletin (1968–1975) |
Royal Navy |
Commission Books (various) |
Individual ships, including Albion, Ark Royal, Blake, Britannia, Bulwark, Centaur, Eagle, Falmouth, Fearless, Invincible, London, Lynx, Tartar, Tiger, Victorious |
Fleet Air Arm Museum |
Catherine Cooper |
Fleet Operations Programmes (FOPs) |
Royal Navy (NHB) |
Fleet Operations Schedules |
Royal Navy (NHB) |
Flight Deck |
DNAW, MoD |
Jane’s Fighting Ships |
Jane’s |
Jane’s Weapons Systems |
Jane’s |
Naval Books of Reference (BRs) |
Various, published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
Naval Historical Branch (NHB) |
Captain Chris Page (Director) |
Naval Review |
Richard Hill (editor) |
The Navy List |
Her Majesty’s Stationery Office |
Navy News |
Sarah Fletcher (editor) |
Proceedings |
United States Naval Institute |
Reports of Proceedings |
Official reports by commanding officers of ships and submarines, copies filed with the NHB (by courtesy of Captain Page, Director of the NHB) |
Royal Marines Historical Society |
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Royal Naval Museum |
Dr Colin White |
Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies |
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Statements of Defence Estimates |
HM Government |
Submarine Museum |
Commander Jeff Tall |
Warships International Fleet Review |
Iain Ballantyne (editor) |
Bibliography |
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Adams, T and J Smith |
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (Chatham Publishing 2005) |
Ballantyne, Iain |
Strike from the Sea: The Royal Navy and US Navy at War in the Middle East, 1949–2003 (Pen & Sword 2004) |
Beaver, Paul |
The Royal Navy in the 1980s (Arms & Armour 1985) |
Billiere, General Sir Peter De La |
Storm Command (Harper Collins 1992) |
Bishop, Chris |
Aircraft Carriers (Silverdale Books 2004) |
Brogan, Patrick |
World Conflicts (Bloomsbury 1992) |
Brown, David (NHB) |
The Royal Navy and The Falklands (Leo Cooper 1987) |
Brown, Neville |
British Arms & Strategy 1970~80 (RUSI 1969) |
Carver, Field Marshal Lord |
Tightrope Walking: Defence Policy since 1945 (Hutchinson 1992) |
Chant, Chris |
Warships Today (Summertime Publishing 2004) |
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Aircraft Carriers (Silverdale Books 2004) |
Churchill, R S and W S |
The Six Day War (Heinemann 1967) |
Clancy, Tom |
Submarine (Harper Collins 1993) |
Clapp, M and E Southby-Tailyour |
Amphibious Assault Falklands (Orion 1996) |
Compton-Hall, Richard |
Submarine Versus Submarine (David & Charles 1988) |
Cornwell, E L |
Warships in Action Today (Ian Allan 1980) |
Crane, Jonathan |
Submarine (BBC Publications 1984) |
Craven, John Pina |
The Silent War: The Cold War Battle beneath the Sea (Simon & Schuster 2002) |
Critchley, Mike |
British Warships and Auxiliaries (Maritime Books) |
Croft, Stuart |
British Security Policy (Harper Collins 1991) |
Elliot, Peter |
The Cross and the Ensign: A Naval History of Malta 1798–1979 (Granada 1980) |
Elliott, Toby D |
A Gulf Record: RN Task Force 321.1 (Connexions 1991) |
Fox, Robert |
Iraq Campaign 2003 (Agenda Publishing 2003) |
Francis, Clare |
The Commanding Sea (BBC Pelham 1981) |
Friedman, Norman |
Sea Power and Space (Chatham Publishing 2000) |
Garbutt, P E |
Naval Challenge (Macdonald & Co. 1961) |
Gilbert, Martin |
History of the Twentieth Century (Harper Collins 1999) |
Grenville, JAS |
Collins History of the World (Harper Collins 1994) |
Grove, Eric |
Vanguard to Trident (The Bodley Head Ltd 1987) |
Hastings, Max and Simon Jenkins |
Battle for the Falklands (Michael Joseph 1983) |
Heathcote, T A |
British Admirals of the Fleet (Leo Cooper 2002) |
Hickling, Vice Admiral Harold |
Postscript to Voyager (A H & A W Reed 1969) |
Hill, Richard |
Lewin of Greenwich: The Authorised Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin (Cassell & Co 2000) |
Hook, Alex |
Modern War Day by Day (Grange Books 2004) |
Jackson, Gen Sir William |
Withdrawal from Empire (Batsford 1986) |
Johnstone-Brydon, Richard |
The Royal Yacht Britannia: The Official History (Conway Maritime Press 2003) |
Ladd, James D |
SBS: The Invisible Raiders (Arms & Armour Press 1983) |
Lehman, John |
On Seas of Glory (Touchstone 2002) |
Lovering, Tristan |
Amphibious Assault (Seafarer 2007) |
Maclean, Malcolm |
Naval Accidents since 1945 (Maritime Books 2008) |
Marr, Andrew |
A History of Modern Britain (Macmillan 2007) |
McGuire, Paul and Margaret |
The Price of Admiralty (Oxford University Press 1944) |
McInnes, Colin |
Trident – The Only Option (Brassey’s Defence Publishers 1986) |
Miller, David |
Illustrated Directory of Warships (Salamander 2002) |
Neillands, Robin |
Fighting Retreat: The British Empire 1947–97 (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) |
McCart, Neil |
Harrier Carriers – HMS Invincible (Fan 2004) Three Ark Royals (Fan Publications 1999) |
Newton, Lt Commander James |
Armed Action (Headline Review 2007) |
Owen, David |
Anti-Submarine Warfare (Seaforth 2007) |
Parker, John |
Illustrated World Guide to Submarines (Hermes 2007) |
Pimlott, John (Ed) |
British Military Operations 1945–1985 (Bison Books 1986) |
Preston, Antony |
World’s Great Aircraft Carriers (Chancellor Press 1999) |
Rendall, Ivan |
Splash One (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1998) |
No Escape Zone (Warner 2000) |
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Ring, Jim |
We Come Unseen (John Murray 2001) |
Roberts, Prof F |
Sixty Years of Nuclear History (Carpenter 1999) |
Sontag, Sherry and Christopher Drew |
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with Annette Lawrence Drew |
Blind Man’s Bluff (Hutchinson 1999) |
Southby-Tailyour, Ewen |
Reasons in Writing – A Commando’s View of the Falklands War (Leo Cooper 1993) |
Speed, Keith |
Sea Change (Ashgrove 1982) |
Terraine, John |
Life and Times of Lord Mountbatten (Arrow 1980) |
Terrill, C |
HMS Brilliant (BBC Books 1995) |
Tew, Captain Ian |
Salvage: A Personal Odyssey (Seafarer Books 2007) |
Thompson, Major General Julian |
The Royal Marines: From Sea Soldiers to a Special Force (Sidgwick & Jackson 2000) (ed), The Imperial War Museum Book of Modern Warfare (Sidgwick & Jackson 2002) |
Time-Life |
Carrier Warfare (Caxton Publishing 1991) |
Tute, Warren |
The True Glory (Macdonald & Co 1983) |
Van der Vat, Dan |
Standards of Power (Hutchinson 2000) Stealth at Sea (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1994) |
Varner, Roy and Wayne Collier |
A Matter of Risk (Hodder & Stoughton 1979) |
Ward, Commander ‘Sharkey’ |
Sea Harrier over the Falklands (Orion 1992) |
Watson, Captain Basil |
Commander in Chief: The Life of Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Fieldhouse (RN Submarine Museum 2005) |
Watts, Anthony |
Warships & Navies 1973 (Ian Allan 1972) |
Weir, Gary and Walter Boyne |
Rising Tide: The Untold Story of the Russian Submarines that Fought the Cold War (Basic Books 2003) |
Welch, Captain Andrew |
The Royal Navy in the Cod Wars (Maritime Books, 2006) |
Wells, John |
The Royal Navy: An Illustrated Social History (Alan Sutton, 1994) |
West, Nigel |
The Secret War for the Falklands (Time Warner 1997) |
Wettern, Desmond |
‘The Royal Navy in Transition’, Journal of Defence and Diplomacy, 1988 |
Wixon, Captain David |
Bravo Zulu – Bravo Alpha (The Gosling Foundation 2004) |
Woodward, Admiral Sir Sandy |
One Hundred Days (Harper Collins 1992) |
Wragg, David |
Carrier Combat (Sutton Publishing 1997) |
Recommended Sources |
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Early period: |
Eric Grove, Vanguard to Trident Desmond Wettern, The Decline of British Seapower |
Cod Wars: |
Andrew Welch, The Royal Navy in the Cod Wars |
Falklands War: |
David Brown, The Royal Navy and the Falklands |
The Cold War: |
David Miller, The Cold War |
Cold War submarine operations: |
Jim Ring, We Come Unseen |
Gulf operations: |
Iain Ballantyne, Strike from the Sea Captain Toby Elliott, A Gulf Record: RN Task Force 321.1 |
Ship, Submarine and Aircraft Data Boxes |
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